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House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr.(D-Mass.) described the upcoming House decision as a "Tonkin Gulf vote," a reference to the 1964 resolution that enabled then President Johnson to introduce U.S. troops in Vietnam...
...Capitol Hill, however, House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass.) said calls and telegrams to his office were showing public resistance to Reagan's request to send money to the Contras fighting the Sandinista government in Managua...
...White House, spokesman Larry Speakes said that by 10:30 a.m. yesterday, 1,952 calls and wires had been received in support of Reagan, while there were 799 against the President's plan. O'Neill said phone calls and telegrams to his office totaled 119 against Reagan's plan and 38 in favor...
...Neill last week projected a 10-to-15 vote victory for opponents of the aid package. The speaker refused yesterday to provide a new vote count. However, Rep. Thomas Foley (D-Wash.), the majority whip, said, "we're ahead and there is no perceptible erosion...
Democratic leaders tried to counter what the Administration called Reagan's full-court press by emphasizing the need for stronger diplomatic efforts. "Instead of escalating the fighting in Central America," said House Speaker Tip O'Neill, "the President should ally with the democratic nations in the region who are committed to a peaceful resolution of the region's conflicts. They want America's diplomatic strength, not its military firepower." Indeed, both Costa Rica and Honduras have publicly expressed their misgivings about the contra program...